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Infant Botulism Laboratory reported cases of Clostridium botulinum intoxication reported to the Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections England and Wales 1975 - 2011

Year Cases* Comment References
1975      
1976      
1977      
1978 1 F 5m Lancet 1978; 8077: 1277-8
1979      
1980      
1981      
1982      
1983      
1984      
1985      
1986      
1987 1 M 5m Arch Dis Child 1989; 64(6): 871-2
1988      
1989      
1990 1 F 2m Lancet 1990; 8683: 228
1991      
1992      
1993 1 F 4m CDR 1993; 3(29)
1994 1 M 5m CDR 1994; 4(12)
1995      
1996      
1997      
1998      
1999      
2000      
2001 1 F 5m J Med Micro 2005; 54: 769-76
2002      
2003      
2004      
2005      
2006      
2007 2 M 8m; M 4m; J Med Micro 2009; 58:1601-1606
2008      
2009 2 F 2m; M 2m HPR 3 44, 2009
2010 1 M 3m HPR 4, 21, 2010
2011 2 F 3.5m; M 3.5m  

Source: 1975-2011 Laboratory Reports to Food Safety Microbiology Laboratory

*Please note that there were no fatalities associated with these cases.
 


Last reviewed: 24 October 2011